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Jong1 · 07-09-2016, 19:27

I say this as a 28 year customer of Virgin and it's predecessors and real evangelist for TiVo back in the day, but that is really complacent.

Virgin comes up short not just on looks but hugely on content. On functionality Sky have caught up and now that, even, is a wash. Having just switched to Sky Q (but stuck with Virgin 200mb/s BB) there are a lot of things I prefer. The ability to watch all content, recorded and on demand on any screen, tablet or extra TV, is great. About the only thing I miss so far from TiVo is the ability to configure series links, e.g. to only keep 2 episodes. Hardly a winning differentiator on its own!

So if people are meant to wait for Horizon, which isn't itself going to be truly 'better', I think it's dark days for Virgin TV, at least at the premium end.

07-09-2016, 19:27	#478
Jong1 Inactive Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 125	Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB) I say this as a 28 year customer of Virgin and it's predecessors and real evangelist for TiVo back in the day, but that is really complacent. Virgin comes up short not just on looks but hugely on content. On functionality Sky have caught up and now that, even, is a wash. Having just switched to Sky Q (but stuck with Virgin 200mb/s BB) there are a lot of things I prefer. The ability to watch all content, recorded and on demand on any screen, tablet or extra TV, is great. About the only thing I miss so far from TiVo is the ability to configure series links, e.g. to only keep 2 episodes. Hardly a winning differentiator on its own! So if people are meant to wait for Horizon, which isn't itself going to be truly 'better', I think it's dark days for Virgin TV, at least at the premium end.